Maths Education and Assessment Specialist interested in Edtech, History of Maths, and Linguistics. He/him
Slough, England
Joined August 2015
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From September 2026, The MAT will no longer take place. The University of Oxford will use the TMUA. More info: buff.ly/K4bVGPx
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The yellow circle has radius 4. What’s the total area of the two quarter circles?
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Something I hear all the time lately.
"If robots can complete our assessments, that shows our assessments aren't good enough."
I disagree. This statement misunderstands 3 important principles about technology, education & assessment.
blog.nomoremarking.com/if-we…
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We are now recruiting markers for the 2023 National Reference Test in Mathematics and English.
For more information, please visit bit.ly/31w1hIu
ALT Information about recruiting markers for the 2023 National Reference Tests. Markers require previous GCSE teaching and marking experience.
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What's so controversial about statistical means? Check out my @TheHDSR article to find out:
The Mean-ness of Statistics hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/hu…
[With thanks to @cjphillips100 and @mysdick for their invitation and expert editorial guidance, and to the two anonymous reviewers.]
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Which came first: The knowledge architecture beliefs or the assessment? A flavour of point 8 of 10 from our assessment talk we'll be giving at #rED22 Session 5. @head_teach
rebeccaallen.co.uk/2022/09/0…
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Do you know which other shapes are hidden within a cube? Think a cylinder is only round? Come and try out our popular Ring of Fire to reveal all sorts of surprises!
#RingOfFire #MathsCity #Leeds
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Nutshell, or, “Expandable Explanations”!
A free tool I'm making so you can let your readers choose how in-depth they want to go. Play with the demo here: ncase.me/nutshell-wip/
(Inspired by Telescopic Text & Wikiwand's Link Preview)
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NEW POST: "This much I know about…when an A grade at A Level is not enough to teach for understanding" johntomsett.com/2021/08/29/t…
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As part of our commitment against racism, and to help facilitate ongoing conversations, we have also made Superior by @AngelaDSaini available as a free eBook this week. Download it now.
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#euclidea_puzzle_42 #euclidea
🎓 The base of a pyramid is a #rectangle of area 1. Two lateral faces are #perpendicular to the base; the other two make angles 30° and 60° with the base respectively. Find the #volume of the #pyramid.
#XSection #geometry #solidgeometry #mtbos #iOS
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We're running Talking Maths in Lockdown, a series of online maths communicator skills sharing sessions taking place over the next 6 weeks, every Thursday 3-4pm. Visit talkingmathsinpublic.uk/#tmi… for details and to sign up!
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💙 #Euclidea is a new look at geometric constructions with #straightedge and #compass. Modern technologies help you to find non-standard #solutions while your #goal in the #game is to find the shortest one. This turns well-known problems into real puzzles. #mtbos #geometry #math
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You can form something like the usual close-packing of circles (each with 6 neighbours) using sequences of circles whose radii are:
r = c f^k
where k ranges over all the integers.
The factor f must be chosen so that a whole number of these “wedges” of circles add up to 360°.
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John Horton Conway has died.
Sigh.
One of the most unique mathematicians and human beings who ever lived.
Five years ago he was game for this April Fool's prank
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That time it took a student 44 years to get her degree because she was a woman
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